Mercenac

Ariège · CC Couserans-Pyrénées · INSEE 09187

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 31.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mercenac (INSEE 09187) is in Ariège (09), part of CC Couserans-Pyrénées. Population 352 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 31.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 18,064 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.68	5	3.42

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 0 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MERCENAC AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	MERCENAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 266 peak 2012: 381 2023: 352 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 381 (2012) → 352 (2023): -7.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 219 (1990) → 352 (2023): 60.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 196, of which 15.8 % second homes and 8.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.3 km SEGP — 4.7 km SEBakery — 4.8 km NPharmacy — 4.8 km W Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Bagert): 4.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lorp-Sentaraille): 2.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lorp-Sentaraille): 4.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Prat-Bonrepaux): 4.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Mercenac): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.1

Days at or below 0 °C 48.2

Muggy days a summer 4.7

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST GIRONS weather station, 4.5 km away at 414 m; the village itself is at 379 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST GIRONS, 4.5 km away at 414 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 971 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST GIRONS, 4.5 km away at 414 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09187/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09187/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09187/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09187/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09033
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09289
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09235
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09187
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

Villages like this one

Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lanuéjols	48	258 km NE	373	30.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 47 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Germain-sur-Vienne	37	467 km N	360	19.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Luglon	40	185 km NW	373	23.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Maussac	19	283 km N	452	26.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 57 % · humidity 64 %
La Bastide-de-Bousignac	09	66 km E	331	20	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Lencouacq	40	168 km NW	378	17.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 28 % · winter 82 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Bastide-de-Bousignac	09	66 km E	331	20	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Lencouacq	40	168 km NW	378	17.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 28 % · winter 82 %
Luglon	40	185 km NW	373	23.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Lanuéjols	48	258 km NE	373	30.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 47 % · humidity 64 %
Maussac	19	283 km N	452	26.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 57 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Germain-sur-Vienne	37	467 km N	360	19.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %

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…and in much the same climate

The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Mercenac's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ratenelle	71	497 km NE	363	23.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Vaulry	87	332 km N	394	17.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Autrèche	37	499 km N	419	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Léger-le-Petit	18	478 km N	362	12.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Menetou-Couture	18	468 km N	343	11.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Jully-lès-Buxy	71	496 km NE	343	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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